Historic indictment released to the public laying out special counsel’s case against Donald Trump

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🗓️ 10 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut as we continue to follow the breaking news of the historic indictment released to the public on Friday laying out the special counsel’s case against Donald Trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents. In all, the special counsel is charging Trump with 37 counts. Thirty-one of them have to do with Trump’s willful retention of national defense information, otherwise known as the Espionage Act. Under the Espionage Act it does not matter whether those documents involved were classified or not. It only matters that they refer to national defense, which they clearly do. Joy Reid is joined by Rep. Madeleine Dean, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's Alex Wagner, and more to discuss this historic moment of the first former president being indicted on federal charges.

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0:00.0	We are continuing to follow the breaking news of this historic and quite frankly damning
0:12.0	indictment released to the public today, laying out the special counsel's case against
0:17.4	Donald Trump and his gross mishandling of classified documents.
0:21.5	Given that this is the first time such actions are being taken against a former president,
0:25.8	the special counsel made sure he came prepared with the receipts and they could not be any
0:31.4	more incriminating.
0:33.2	In all, the special counsel is charging Trump with 37 counts, 31 of them have to do with
0:38.2	Trump's willful retention of national defense information, otherwise known as the Espionage
0:44.3	Act.
0:45.3	These are charges related to false statements, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding
0:49.9	and corruptly concealing documents, as well as scheming to conceal.
0:55.8	What it is in some of those charges is one of Trump's closest aides, Walt Nottah, who
1:00.0	was also indicted.
1:02.4	Also today we heard for the first time from the man leading the special counsel investigation,
1:07.6	Jack Smith.
1:11.0	Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of
1:17.4	the United States and they must be enforced.
1:23.1	Officials of those laws put our country at risk.
1:27.8	Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice and our nation's
1:33.7	commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world.
1:39.1	We have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone.
1:44.3	Applying those laws, collecting facts, that's what determines the outcome of an investigation.
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